Flyers advance with triumph

BELLE PRAIRIE - Kevin Grams put Little Falls on the board in the first half before Grant Bell reeled off four straight goals in a 20-minute span, powering the fourth-seeded Flyers past the fifth-seeded Becker Bulldogs 5-1 in the opening round of the South Subsection 8-1A tournament Tuesday.

With the performance Bell, the state's eighth-leading scorer, raised his season totals to 24 goals and six assists.

Becker 0 1 - 1

Little Falls 3 2 - 5

First half: LF-Kevin Grams (Casey Schaeffel) 10:45, LF-Grant Bell (Nick Farber) 34:21, LF-Bell (Mitch Welinski) 35:20

Second half: LF-Bell (unassisted) 44:35, LF-Bell (unassisted) 54:12, B- Zack Hammen (unassisted) 77:00

Shots on goal: B 8, LF 15

Goalkeepers: B- Maxwell Fluck (10 saves), LF-Dan Kornbaum (6 saves), Michael Stumpf (2 saves)

Overall: LF 8-11-0. Next: Little Falls at No. 1 St. Cloud Cathedral 6 p.m. Thursday.